Louis Welden Hawkins

Louis Welden Hawkins was born in Germany of English parents, later taking French nationality. He was a detailed Symbolist painter.

Louis Welden Hawkins was born in Stuttgart, Germany onJuly 1849. His mother was an Austrian Baroness, his father an Englishman. Hawkins moved soon to France and later took French nationality. Hawkins attended the Acadmie Julian in Paris. Hawkins rose to fame after his expositions in the Salon de la Socit des Artistes Francais. His first works were shown in the Salon in 1881. After that, expositions followed at the Salon de la Socit des Beaux Artes , the Salon de la RoseCroix and La Libre Esthtique in Brussels. He spent his last years in Brittany, where he painted mostly landscapes.

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